| BULLER | British, then colonel, who won the Victoria Cross in 1879 (6) |
| ALBERT | ___ Jacka: first Australian to win a Victoria Cross in the First World War, later mayor of St Kilda (6) |
| BALLERINA | British, then French, go in with a woman of elegance (9) |
| VALOUR | The inscription on the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military honour, reads "For ". (6) |
| NEWMAN | Brothers Tom and Harry who began coach services in Nelson in 1879, later a major NZ passenger bus company (6) |
| CIVICS | Orators leave Victoria Cross to one of the old dutiful subjects (6) |
| ULUNDI | Battle of -, final conflict of the Anglo-zulu War in 1879 (6) |
| MEDDLE | Interfere with a Victoria Cross, say (6) |
| ZAPATA | Emiliano, Mexican anarchist and revolutionary born in 1879 (6) |
| CESSNA | Clyde, US aviator and aircraft designer born in 1879 (6) |
| WILLIE | ... Apiata, Victoria Cross recipient (6) |
| ARTHUR | Regina's Sgt. George ____ ( WW1 Victoria Cross recipient ) |
| CUTLER | Aust. Victoria Cross recipient and long- term NSW Governor, Sir Roden |
| STELLA | U.S. four-dollar coin Issued in 1879 |
| HONOUR | Victoria Cross, e.g. |
| HEROIC | Like many Victoria Cross recipients |
| STALIN | Famous Georgian born in 1879 |
| UPHAM | New Zealander who was awarded the Victoria Cross twice during the Second World War (5) |
| LEONARD | British winner of the Victoria Cross who set up a number of Foundation Homes from 1948 for disabled |
| CHESHIRE | British winner of the Victoria Cross who set up a number of Foundation Homes from 1948 for disabled exservicemen (7,8) |
